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WashU research helped shape important step with Trump Accounts
Social Work

WashU research helped shape important step with Trump Accounts

Research from the WashU Brown School’s Center for Social Development helped lay the groundwork for a major change to the federal government’s new Trump Accounts program: automatic account creation for eligible children, which the administration announced Sept. 29.
October 6, 2026
Published In Newsroom Stories
Blocking immune cells’ path into brain limits neurodegeneration
Alzheimer's

Blocking immune cells’ path into brain limits neurodegeneration

In a mouse study, WashU Medicine researchers show that a drug injected into the body can reduce damage caused by a protein called tau, which accumulates in the brain in Alzheimer’s and related neurological diseases.
September 28, 2026
Published In Newsroom Stories
The university challenge
Campus & Community

The university challenge

As public trust in higher education falters, WashU leans into our strengths of affordability, career readiness and open dialogue.
September 8, 2026
Published In Washington Magazine
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